Leonard Feather - Presents Hot Versus Cool - A Battle Of Jazz / Cats Versus Chicks - A Jazz Battle Of The Sexes flac album
Hot Versus Cool (10", Mono). MGM Records, MGM Records.
Hot Versus Cool - A Battle Of Jazz. Acoustic Bass – Al McKibbonClarinet – Buddy DeFrancoDrums – Max RoachMellophone, Trumpet – Don ElliottPiano – Ronnie BallTenor Saxophone – Ray AbramsTrumpet – Dizzy Gillespie. Acoustic Bass – Jack LesbergClarinet – Edmond HallDrums – George WettlingPiano – Dick Carey Trombone – Vic DickensonTrumpet – Jimmy McPartland. Presents Hot Versus Cool, Cats Versus Chicks (CD, Album, Comp, RE). Documents.
Leonard Feather - critic, composer and pianist - was behind the two albums that comprise this compilation. The first half was originally issued in 1952 as MGM E194, Hot Vs. Cool. The other half was issued in 1954 as MGM E255, Leonard Feather Presents Cats Vs Chicks: A Jazz Battle of the Sexes. I will give you my highly subjective take on this part of the album: the contrast, as expected, between the two styles on the same songs is significant. None of the tracks on either side of the musical divide are remarkable by today's standards, although as a drummer I enjoyed contrasting Max Roach's approach to George Wettling's playing. Cats vs. Chicks tracks, though, were white hot and full of energy and amazing musicianship on both sides of the divide.
LEONARD FEATHER presents HOT VS. COOL - A BATTLE OF JAZZ. Long Playing Microgroove 33 1/3 . M-G-M RECORDS - A DIVISION OF LOEW'S INCORPORATED - Made in . Matrix, Runout: Side 1 Stamped: E3286 S1 A. Matrix, Runout: Side 2 Stamped: E3286 S2 C. Other Versions (5 of 6) View All. Cat.
In tennis, "Battle of the Sexes" is a term that has been used to describe various exhibition matches played between a man and a woman (or, in one case, a doubles match between two men and two women). Most famously, the term is used for a nationally televised match in 1973, held at the Houston Astrodome, between 55-year-old Bobby Riggs and 29-year-old Billie Jean King, which King won in three sets.
Leonard Geoffrey Feather (13 September 1914 – 22 September 1994) was a British-born jazz pianist, composer, and producer who was best known for his music journalism and other writing. Feather was born in London into an upper middle-class Jewish family. He learned to play the piano and clarinet without formal training and started writing about jazz and film by his late teens.
leonard feather presents hot versus cool - a battle of jazz, cats versus chicks - a jazz battle. MGM Records - MM 2084 - Japan - reissue used.
Tracklist
| Hot Versus Cool - A Battle Of Jazz | ||
| –Dizzy Gillespie's Cool Jazz Stars | How High The Moon | 3:00 |
| –Jimmy McPartland's Hot Jazz Stars | How High The Moon | 2:52 |
| –Buddy De Franco And The Cool Jazz Stars | Indiana | 3:13 |
| –Edmond Hall And The Hot Jazz Stars | Indiana | 2:37 |
| –Jimmy McPartland's Hot Jazz Stars | Muskrat Ramble | 3:13 |
| –Don Elliott And The Cool Jazz Stars* | Muskrat Ramble | 3:00 |
| –Jimmy McPartland's Hot Jazz Stars | Battle Of The Blues | 2:58 |
| –Dizzy Gillespie's Cool Jazz Stars | Battle Of The Blues | |
| Cats Versus Chicks - A Jazz Battle Of The Sexes | ||
| –Clark Terry And His Septet* | Cat Meets Chick | 3:32 |
| –Terry Pollard And Her Septet* | Cat Meets Chick | 3:23 |
| –Clark Terry And His Septet* | Mamblues | 2:31 |
| –Terry Pollard And Her Septet* | Mamblues | 3:26 |
| –Terry Pollard And Her Septet* | The Man I Love | 3:42 |
| –Clark Terry And His Septet* | The Man I Love | 3:15 |
| –Clark Terry And His Septet*, Terry Pollard And Her Septet* | Anything You Can Do | 4:53 |
Versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MM 2084 | Leonard Feather | Presents Hot Versus Cool - A Battle Of Jazz / Cats Versus Chicks - A Jazz Battle Of The Sexes (LP, Comp, Mono, RE, Wit) | MGM Records | MM 2084 | Japan | 1978 |
| 222976-203 | Various | Presents Hot Versus Cool / Cats Versus Chicks (CD, Album, Comp, RE) | Documents | 222976-203 | Europe | 2005 |
